

Martha Marcy May Marlene
2011 · Movie · 1h 41m · R
DramaThriller
"You can get away, but you can never escape."
Overview
After several years of living with a cult, Martha finally escapes and calls her estranged sister, Lucy, for help. Martha finds herself at the quiet Connecticut home Lucy shares with her new husband, Ted, but the memories of what she experienced in the cult make peace hard to find. As flashbacks continue to torment her, Martha fails to shake a terrible sense of dread, especially in regard to the cult's manipulative leader.
Ratings
IMDb
6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes
90%
Metacritic
75/100
Key crew
- Sean DurkinDirector
- Sean DurkinWriter
- Danny BensiOriginal Music Composer
- Saunder JurriaansOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Elizabeth OlsenMartha
- Sarah PaulsonLucy
- Hugh DancyTed
- John HawkesPatrick
- Brady CorbetWatts
- Louisa KrauseZoe
- Christopher AbbottMax
- Maria DizziaKatie
- Julia GarnerSarah
- Adam David ThompsonBartender
- Allen McCulloughMan in Home #2
- Lauren MolinaCult Member
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Themes
mind controlrapesexual abusesibling relationshippost-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)paranoiagroup sexcultpatriarchypolygamyconnecticutmemory























